The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-31
FLORIDA'SNEW COUNTIES
FERNANDO SPLIT INTO THREE
DIVISIONS

TALLAHASSEE, FLA, May 30.-The Leg
isature to-day did heavy days work, and
the indications are that the large proportion
of the measures now pending will be acted
on before The final adjournment on Friday.
The most important bills, however, still
Remain incomplete, and will have to be
snally acted on i'll the general rush of the
last few DAYS The election laws, so essen
fial 10 the operation of the new constitution,
have not been touched, and will be framed
and hurried through on Thursday. The
raportionment bin comes up for considera-
ton tomorrow.
IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED.
The Senate to-day passed the bill incor-
p{rating the Key of the Gulf Railway Com
,Ssny to Key West; also the bills requiring
fhe public printing to be done in the State;
ssuthorizing w. B. Henderson and associates
RECONSTRUCT and maintain a draw bridge
across the Hillsborough river at Tampa; to
Incorporate the Putnam Club of Palatka;
making an appropriation for the payment
af the claim held by the citizens of Ocala
anainst the State and bill authorizing the
b3ovisional government of Pensacola to sell
tie city property and granting titles to the
prpperty already sold by the present gov
Eminent of Pensacola.
The House to-day passed bills to incOrpor-
ate the Presbyterian church of st. Angus
tine; to encourage the destruction of beasts
Q@prey and several memorials to Congress
fer the establishment of mail routes in
saIfferent portions of the State which were
cDncurred in by the Senate. The House
also passed the Senate bill authorizing the
Comptroller to refund taxes illegally col
lected and regulating the cancellation of tax
sale certificates The bill for the protection
Il offish and a bill prescribing the duties of
M ORR
sidered at length with no final
8 action. The Senate new apportion-
1fent bill was introduced and the
Appropriations Committee reported favora-
h{E The House bill fixing the pay of the
raeanbers and officers of the Legislature and
tie bill to prohibit the running of freight
trains on Sunday were laid on the table,
and the bill requiring sales of personal prop
ez-ty to be recorded so as to prevail against
creditors and subsequent purchasers of the
of5ginal owner was indefinitely postponed,
as was also the bill granting aid to the Sub
Tropical Exposition at Jacksonville.
4. al joint resolution TO amend the new con-
stitution so as to take homemade wines out
of the operation of the local option law,
passed the Senate. The bill declaring the
Anclote river navigable was passed The
bill prohibiting the consolidation of parallel
and competing lines of railroads was dis
cussed with considerable feeling and was
finally passed to the third reading. A bill
proposing an entire change of the system of
working the public roads by levying a
road tax, was considered by the House and
laid over, where it will probably remain
unnoticed.
BILLS SIGNED
The Governor to-day signed the following
bills: An act to amend an act to amend an
act entitled an act to designate the terms of
tho Circuit Court for the Fifth judicial cir
cut for Florida; an act to amend and extend
an act to incorporate the Monticello and
f3eorgia Railroad Company an act to divide
TIE INHERENT counties of the State in County
CaEnnissioners' districts; an act for the pre-
E4nfion of the pollution of the waters of GER
+~[E lakes or ponds III the counties OF
Putnam and Volusia; an act to incorporate
the Woodlawn Cemetery Association, of
McClenny, Fla. an act to repeal all laws
and parts of laws which impose license
upon commercial agents, usually known as
drummers, in this State; an act to authorize
the Savannah, Florida and Western railroad
to construct maintain and operate rail
road from Tallahassee and also a railroad
from Monticello to the Georgia and Florida
State line and for other purposes.
FERNANDO DIVIDED.
Tonight the Senate passed bill forming
three counties of the present county OF
fernando. The northern third is called
Citrus, the southern third Pasco, and the
ILlTu f1eTHdIluO uOW. lie Oil
forming Gulf county from porti ON OF
Hillsborough passed the House; also the bill
reorganizing the city government of DeLand
and a bill legalizing the government of the
town of Rockledge, Brevard county.
After the adjournment the Democratic
members of the House went into a caucus
ON the apportionment bill.
BUSY LEGISLATORS.
Since the muddle of last week the Legis
Iat turn nac CT at hnldinO three
sessions day, and by constant application
has disposed of large number of bills.
An unusual number of bills of lesser i'm
portance have passed, and several conse
tIuential measures have been finally dispose
of. as in the case of the poll tax qualiflca
ton bills which were indefinitely postponed
and the new city charter for jacksonville
including the. towns of LaVilla and Fair
fu!a, which is now in the hands of the Gov
erpor.
Fernandina, Tampa Palatka and othei
cities of lesser note have had new charter
passed by the Legislature, and in nearl.
every instance the new charters include tn
small towns adjacent to the chief city.
BANKING LAWS.
The Senate has passed a bill making new
provisions for the Incorporation of banking
associations, one of which requires person
engaging in the banking business to use
name that does not imply corporation, o
on the subject. This is intended to proven
persons being deceived by the high-sound
ing name of banking house that is tn
property of one or more individuals VIII
may or may not be solvent.
SENATOR PAsco's ''NAMEsAKE"
The new county to be called Pasco, il
compliment to the newly-elected Unitet
States Senator, is formed from the southern
third of fernando county on the Gulf coas
and will take from fernando county one o
its members of the Legislature, and wit
fernando county will comprise the Tween
ty-second Senatorial district. The bill ha
not yet become law, but in all probability
it will, and it will include fine section o
country very fertile and accessible. Tn,
new county proposed 10 be made from
portion of Polk will not be organized, a
The opposition to it is very strong
and the same fate will meet others that ar,
deserved by some.
RAILROAD COMMISSION CANDIDATES
Quite a number of persons have beef
mentioned for places on the railroad com
mission and the returns are not yet com
plete. Judge w. II. Sebring, of Bronson
and Hon. 4. c. f. Sanchez, of Gainesville
have been spoken of from the Southern por
ton Of the State, and every other section